Locals criticize the opposition-led İstanbul Municipality’s “top-down” approach to introduce large minibuses for public transport, which they say are unsuitable for the islands' narrow streets and do not fit the aesthetic character of the islands

Wildfires erupted in at least 19 provinces this month. The authorities have imposed restrictions on entries in forest areas.

Kurdish politicians criticized the lack of accountability in political murders like that of Poyraz.

In the last year, 739 individuals from Ankara, Diyarbakır, İstanbul, İzmir, Van, and Cizre personally reported experiencing torture or ill-treatment, while 42 others reported on behalf of relatives, according to the HRFT.

The authorities have recorded more than 700 traffic accidents across Turkey on Sunday alone, leading to 11 fatalities and more nearly 1,300 injured.

Activists from the initiative “Starving until you’re honest” ended their hunger strike. One of them had been refusing to eat for 92 days. Their demands for an official statement on climate change from German chancellor Olaf Scholz were not met.

In her new project, documentary photographer Sema Kahraman Vurucu photographed the 138-year-old historical site Kurtuluş Greek Primary School.

75 bar associations issued a joint statement after the acquittal of three police officers in the case regarding the murder of Diyarbakır Bar Association's former president Tahir Elçi: “We will never give up the struggle for justice for Tahir Elçi.”

CHP Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir's statement that “We were promised that agents of influence law would not be included in the 9th Judicial Package.” AKP Group Deputy Chairman Muhammet Emin Akbaşoğlu, responded “It was not included at any stage.”

“The rate of deaths due to external causes of injury and poisoning, including earthquake-related deaths, was 12.3%,” Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) stated.

Journalists wanted to make a statement in front of Süreyya Opera House in Kadıköy on April 29, 2023, for their colleagues who had been arrested in Diyarbakır and Ankara based investigations, but were detained before the protest started.

At a graduation ceremony held in the school garden of a high school in Kocaeli's Gebze district, some students were not allowed into the area because they were allegedly “wearing clothes that did not comply with the dress code”. Kocaeli Governor's Office assigned an inspector to the incident and launched an investigation.